Horse-power for gin-houses



, (No Model.)

W. DEERING.

HORSE POWER FOR GIN HOUSES.

,271. Patented Dec. 20, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM DEERING, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

HORSE-POWER FOR GIN-HOUSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,271, dated December 20, 1887,

A Application filed March 30,1887. Serial No.233,039. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, WILLIAM DEERING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Horse-Powers for Gin-Houses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to horse-powers of that class which employ a pillar for supporting the central weight of the barn or gin-house floor, and which pillar at the same time forms the support and axis for the tubular king-post The counter-shaft carrying the band-pulley and pin ion, which latter meshes with the master-wheel, is journaled at one end inabearing carried by said pillar and at its other end in a bracket secured to and depending from the timbers of the gin-house.

.My improvement consists in having the pillar-support serve as a lock-pillar and having its lower end continued down through the foundation-step-or through this step and one or more foundation-blocks, and secured under this step or block by a head or its equivalent, and having its upper end continued up through the floor or frame-work, and secured above the fioor or frame-work bya nut or its equivalent, and so fasten the floor or framework through the pillar to the gin-house floor.

The foundation and the frame or floor above are kept from parting asunder by the head or nut under the foundation-step and the nut or equivalent on the floor or frame-work above. This construction not only prevents the floor or frame work from sagging downward or V springing upward, but forms an absolute bar .by the bolts I.

cross-beam B, securely fastened to the beams A The foundation or lower step, 0, the master-wheel D, the counter-shaft E, the pinion F, and the band-pulley G are old and of well-known construction and arrangement.

The pillar P is reduced at its upper end, which passes through the cross-beam B, and is provided with the nut 12 or its equivalent. The shoulder 0, formed at the base of the reduced end, comes beneath the cross-beam and supports the collar or washer R, which bears against the under side of the beam and pre sents an extended surface, on which the beam obtains a sure purchase. A corresponding washer, W, is interposed between the nut and the upper side of the beam. By this construction the nut and shoulder are prevented from working into the beam and producing lost motion.

The lower end of thepillar is continued down through the foundation-step O or through the step and one or more foundation-blocks and has a head, a, or a nut on the end projected through the step, so as to bear on the under side of the latter. The foundation step is firmly bolted to one or more foundation-blocks, b, which are firmly bolted to the floor and form a part thereof as a support for the pillar-step.

The counter-shaft E is journaled at one end in the bearing S, secured to the pillar, and at its other end in the hanger or bracket H, firmly bolted to the cross-beam B. The master-wheel is mounted upon the pillar in the usual manner, so as not to have any vertical movement thereon, and the pillar and countershaft being locked to and carried by the same cross-beam it is impossible for the cogs of the pinion to jump out of the cogs of the masterwheel.

The head or nut a of the pillar being below the step or below one of the foundationblocks b of the step, it, in connection with the locking of the pillar to the upper floor, keeps the two floors at a fixed distance apart, and thus prevents them from coming together 'or from separating.

I claim 1. In a horse-power, the combination of the upper frame, the foundation-step, the pillar continued through the upper floor-frame and 5 to the pillar for supporting the inner end of the counter-shaft, the bracket bolted to the upper frame and supporting the outer end of the counter-shaft, and the pinion secured to the counter-shaft andmeshing with the master- IO wheel, substantially as described, for the purposes specified.

2. The combination, with the master-wheel and power-transmitting pinion of a horsepower, of the pillar 1?, having a head, a, on its 15 lower end, the foundation-blocks b,betweeu which the said pillar-head is secured, the top nut, 11, the washers R \V, and the upper frame, A B, as described, and for the purpose stated.

3. In a horse-power, the combination of the master-wheel and the power-transmitting pinion, the central pillar, P, having the shoulder c and a screw-thread at its upper end, said end extending up through that part of the house or frame-work supported by it, the nut 1), locking said pillar to the supported framework, and the head a,locking said pillar to the foundation-floor part of said frame-work, as described, for the purpose stated.

In testimony whereofI have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing wit- 30 nesses.

\VILLIAM DEERING.

\Vitnesses:

JAS. T. A. BAKER, Bron. H. WILLnurs. 

